Minimum Wage Archives

Economy

A return to minimum-wage federalism

February 3, 2015 10:00 am

Employee Shantel Burris prepares patient meals at Montefiore Medical Center's Wakefield Campus in the Bronx borough of New York. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)

Economy

A closer look at sick leave

Sean Higgins -

January 26, 2015 10:00 am

Diana Meza-Ehlert watches as President Obama delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday. (AP/Gregory Bull)

Columnists

Obama’s attempt to turn the page undermined by policy failures

Michael Barone -

January 22, 2015 10:00 am

In an executive order last February, President Obama called for the Labor Department to develop new regulations that would effectively force businesses to pay workers more overtime. (Bloomberg)

Economy

Obama tells Congress: You try living on the minimum wage

Sean Higgins -

January 21, 2015 4:12 am

Economy

Think Tanks: Teens left out in race to raise minimum wage

Washington Examiner Staff -

January 12, 2015 10:00 am

AFL-CIO President Richard TrumkaÂ praised President Obama's executive order on immigration, saying the president was acting within his authority to better the nation's

Economy

AFL-CIO to hold minimum wage events in key primary states

Sean Higgins -

January 7, 2015 6:47 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. speaks about raising wages during the forum AFL-CIO National Summit, Wednesday at Gallaudet University in Washington. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Economy

Warren: Raising minimum wage is ‘personal’

Sean Higgins -

January 7, 2015 5:37 pm

Labor Secretary Tom Perez told a House panel Wednesday that the White House's proposed new overtime rule would be released sometime in the next few months. (AP Photo)

Economy

Labor secretary: Raising minimum wage a religious imperative

Sean Higgins -

January 7, 2015 4:42 pm

Warren has been an advocate of raising the wage and addressing wage inequality in general. (J. Scott Applewhite)

Economy

Top Democrats pushing minimum wage hike

Sean Higgins -

January 7, 2015 10:00 am

Voters in five states -- Alaska, Arkansas, Illinois, Nebraska and South Dakota -- approved raising their minimum higher than the federal floor through ballot measures in 2014, while lawmakers in Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia voted to raise theirs. (iStock)

Economy

Obama administration praises state minimum wage increases

Sean Higgins -

December 30, 2014 5:17 pm

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A return to minimum-wage federalism

A closer look at sick leave

Obama’s attempt to turn the page undermined by policy failures

Obama tells Congress: You try living on the minimum wage

Think Tanks: Teens left out in race to raise minimum wage

AFL-CIO to hold minimum wage events in key primary states

Warren: Raising minimum wage is ‘personal’

Labor secretary: Raising minimum wage a religious imperative

Top Democrats pushing minimum wage hike

Obama administration praises state minimum wage increases

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